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first up tonight, our conversation with iconic filmmaker ken burns. starting september 28 on pbs, catch the latest project called "baseball: the 10th inning," picking up where his documentary left off in 1994, including the impact of steroids on baseball. it also, the increasing role of women in the american politics with political writer rebecca traister air, looking at the influence of women in the 2008 campaign and her new book, "big girls don't cry." filmmaker ken burns and author rebecca traister, coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public tel
first up tonight, our conversation with iconic filmmaker ken burns. starting september 28 on pbs, catch the latest project called "baseball: the 10th inning," picking up where his documentary left off in 1994, including the impact of steroids on baseball. it also, the increasing role of women in the american politics with political writer rebecca traister air, looking at the influence of women in the 2008 campaign and her new book, "big girls don't cry." filmmaker ken burns...
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tavis: you could hate baseball and ken burns could sell you on it. that is why he is the absolute best documentarian in this country, premiering on most of these pbs stations september 28 and 29, "baseball: the 10th inning." ken, . have you on this program. >> thank you. -- ken, good to have you on this program. >> thank you. tavis: rebecca traister is the senior writer at salon.com and author of the new text, "big girls don't cry." she joins us tonight from new york. rebecca, could have you on this program. >> pleasure to be here. tavis: the question that this book really wrestles with, whether the election really change the way that we think of women in power. you argue yes. tell me why. >> it has changed the way we think of women and power. i don't want to suggest that everything is ok now, but i think what we saw during the 2008 election cycle was this expansion of roles for women within a presidential cycle. hillary clinton, who was not only the first woman to get as close as any woman has to her party's nomination for the presidency, you also s
tavis: you could hate baseball and ken burns could sell you on it. that is why he is the absolute best documentarian in this country, premiering on most of these pbs stations september 28 and 29, "baseball: the 10th inning." ken, . have you on this program. >> thank you. -- ken, good to have you on this program. >> thank you. tavis: rebecca traister is the senior writer at salon.com and author of the new text, "big girls don't cry." she joins us tonight from new...
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he was a treasure not only to us but to those who recognized his brilliance like ken burns who used his voice for "the civil war" and "baseball." his voice just stuck in our heads. in 1991 when washington was caught up in the challenge by anita hill to supreme court nominee clarence thomas. >> the quibbling of the committee got to people who don't sit around and watch congressional committees very much. here was quibble, quibble, quibble, political posturing hokum that happens on committees. these are the people who have the ethics troubles and who are caught in just a series of things that make people scoff and smirk. and here they were where the two people with any real class in the room looked to a lot of americans like professor hill and clarence thomas. gwen: charles rice mcdowell jr. a class act. he was 84 years old. our hearts go out to his wondful wife, ann. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> i'm an engineer. my kids say i speak a different language, but i love mathematic. and math and science develop new ideas. we've used hydrogen in our plants for decades. the
he was a treasure not only to us but to those who recognized his brilliance like ken burns who used his voice for "the civil war" and "baseball." his voice just stuck in our heads. in 1991 when washington was caught up in the challenge by anita hill to supreme court nominee clarence thomas. >> the quibbling of the committee got to people who don't sit around and watch congressional committees very much. here was quibble, quibble, quibble, political posturing hokum that...
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. >> hi, i'm ken burns. >> i'm lili taylor. >> i'm henry louis gates, jr., and public broadcasting is my source for news about the world. >> for intelligent conversation. >> for election coverage you can count on. >> for conversations beyond the sound bites. >> a commitment to journalism. >> for deciding who to vote for. >> i'm kerry washington, and public broadcastinis my source for intelligent connections to my community. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los presented by kcet, los angeles.
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please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. ♪ my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ of thee i sing. land of the pilgrim's pride. it's true. you never forget your first subaru. ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned 17 ♪ a harmonica and a box guitar ♪ ♪ in a canvas-covered wagon stuffed... ♪ [ male announcer ] while the world's been waiting on the electric car, maybe the whole time, the electric car has been waiting for this... the wattstation from ge. it's going to change the way we get to where we all want to go. ♪ i didn't think much of it till i took it apart ♪ >>> the first clue for psychologists is the patient doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. mitch mcconnell said the president needs to comprise all his personal beliefs and do exactly as mcconnell tells him and then they can talk. once again, the president thinks he sees an opening. mcc
please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. ♪ my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ of thee i sing. land of the pilgrim's pride. it's true. you never forget your first subaru. ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned 17 ♪ a harmonica and a box guitar ♪ ♪ in a canvas-covered wagon stuffed......
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please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. if you're on medicare and thinking about a new prescription drug plan, behold -- your window of opportunity is here. starting november 15th, you can enroll in an aarp medicarerx plan insured through unitedhealthcare. call now for your free information kit. see why over 4.3 million members are enrolled in these plans. i recently got this letter from my current drug plan. my premium's going up. this is the perfect opportunity for me to make a move. [ man ] aarp medicarerx plans include nearly all the brand-name and generic drugs covered by medicare part d. but that's just the beginning. call unitedhealthcare and learn how switching your part d plan could suit your needs -- with predictable copays and no annual deductible, which means you could start saving with your first prescription. and if you travel, rest assured you're covered at over 60,000 pharmacies nationwide. these days, who
please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. if you're on medicare and thinking about a new prescription drug plan, behold -- your window of opportunity is here. starting november 15th, you can enroll in an aarp medicarerx plan insured through unitedhealthcare. call now for your free information kit. see why over 4.3 million...
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please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you have plaque psoriasis, you see patches on your skin's surface. but let's look at the condition's inner workings. psoriasis involves an overactive immune system. this leads to an overproduction of skin cells that rise to the surface, build up, and cause plaques. this understanding has led to treatments that help manage plaque psoriasis closer to where it starts. learn more at insidepsoriasis.com. and talk to your doctor about psoriasis. ♪ >>> the first clue for psychologists is the patient doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. mitch mcconnell said the president needs to comprise all his personal beliefs and do exactly as mcconnell tells him and then they can talk. once again, the president thinks he sees an opening. mcconnell reprised his comments from last week. the republicans' main goal over the next 24 months w
please, friend ken burns, omit the rally thong from the next edition. >>> mcmcconnell says it again. the white house must agree with the republicans. the white house doesn't seem to get how all this ends. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you have plaque psoriasis, you see patches on your skin's surface. but let's look at the condition's inner workings. psoriasis involves an overactive immune system. this leads to an overproduction of skin cells that rise to the surface, build up, and cause...
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. >> ken burns tomorrow night and wednesday night on pbs. okay. that's september 27th. i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. and now why democrats like a commitment phobic guy find it harder to talk about what they believe in. that's my line, ladies and gentlemen. here is rachel maddow. good evening. >> did you say commitment phobic? >> commitment phobic guy, i did. >> sure enough. wanted to have that for the record. thank you. >> what did you think i said? >> i just didn't want -- i didn't want to have it end up where you said something totally different and i invented that. >> like the french justice department minister? >> oh, the giggly guy? >> no, no, no, the woman who didn't say -- meant to say inflation but didn't say inflation. >> oh, yeah. that was -- that was one of those ones i saw the headline and couldn't breathe any further. i got verklempt for the rest of the day. >> me, too. >> thank you, keith. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. for the next hour in which we shall celebrate the launch of lawrence o'donnell's new show w
. >> ken burns tomorrow night and wednesday night on pbs. okay. that's september 27th. i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. and now why democrats like a commitment phobic guy find it harder to talk about what they believe in. that's my line, ladies and gentlemen. here is rachel maddow. good evening. >> did you say commitment phobic? >> commitment phobic guy, i did. >> sure enough. wanted to have that for the record. thank you. >> what did you think i...
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with us now, filmmaker ken burns. in washington, d.c., because we were concerned, mika, because kim is a red sox fan, i'm a red sox fan and mike is, of course, red sox fan for so long. we felt badly for willie. so we wanted to get somebody to help break it down the middle. she, of course, also featured. doris, you're going to bring objectivity to this. >> without a question. >> without a question. so, kim, this is just received remarkable receptions everywhere. >> we have been around the country throwing out the first pitch at baseball games, sharing it with people. and this is one of the few places left in our uncivil society where you can have a conversation. where the tribal loyalties, yankees and red sox, don't result in people dying. they just result in really good conversations at a bar or really good conversations around a table. where else could keith olbermann and george will exist, co-exist, without fisticuffs about baseball which they both love and both contribute to mightily in this update. >> why did your
with us now, filmmaker ken burns. in washington, d.c., because we were concerned, mika, because kim is a red sox fan, i'm a red sox fan and mike is, of course, red sox fan for so long. we felt badly for willie. so we wanted to get somebody to help break it down the middle. she, of course, also featured. doris, you're going to bring objectivity to this. >> without a question. >> without a question. so, kim, this is just received remarkable receptions everywhere. >> we have been...
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document film director ken burns standing by in the green room. but first, senator chuck schumer and more with jeff zucker and richard haas, next on morning joe. today's going to be a good day. a day filled with promise and opportunity. regions is lending providing capital to help your small business, large companies, and our communities grow. and strengthening our neighborhoods with mortgage, home equity and personal loans. responsible lending means brighter days ahead. let regions help you find the perfect loan for what you need in business. and in life. regions. regions. it's time to expect more. >>> live shot of washington, d.c. on a hazy, rainy morning there. welcome back to "morning joe," 39 plant city the hour. with us now, democratic senator from new york and vice chairman of the joint economic committee, senator chuck schumer n a letter to congress and secretary of state hillary clinton, senator schumer has called for a probe into possible ties between the release of the lockerbie bomber and bp's oil deals with libya, adding that bp could
document film director ken burns standing by in the green room. but first, senator chuck schumer and more with jeff zucker and richard haas, next on morning joe. today's going to be a good day. a day filled with promise and opportunity. regions is lending providing capital to help your small business, large companies, and our communities grow. and strengthening our neighborhoods with mortgage, home equity and personal loans. responsible lending means brighter days ahead. let regions help you...
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this is a guy who has probably got even richer than any other single individual, other than ken burns taking money, funneled through public broadcasting. you know comparing republicans to the taliban and he gets a platform to do it. there was clearly an effort to get juan off of npr. i think it's a disgrace. i think npr has disgrace edit self. vivian schiller i saw an interview where she refused to talk about whether this has happened with any other individual at npr. she didn't ask the question about the double standard. i think this is going to have a huge backlash on npr. megyn: obviously there was a call from cair that npr should do something. far left web sites had taken issue with this. what is really going on here. what is the problem that npr has with juan williams. he leans left, he is defending the left or democrats when it comes to any particular issue. why would they have it in for juan williams. >> i think to the extent that they have it in for juan i think they have it in for fox news. i think this is sort of at the heart of the matter. and npr has an institutional by as
this is a guy who has probably got even richer than any other single individual, other than ken burns taking money, funneled through public broadcasting. you know comparing republicans to the taliban and he gets a platform to do it. there was clearly an effort to get juan off of npr. i think it's a disgrace. i think npr has disgrace edit self. vivian schiller i saw an interview where she refused to talk about whether this has happened with any other individual at npr. she didn't ask the...
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for a look at what that cash means, politico's ken vogel joins us. it's a fast burn rate. what does it mean about her political future? >> the spending side is what's most interesting here and what i think holds the most clues for her political future. she spent a lot of money on things that are infrastructure that you typically see with a national politician who is perhaps preparing themselves for a run at the presidency in this case. she spent a lot of money on fund-raising. list building. consultants. she even hired a scheduler which is something if you remember she lacked and there was some high profile snafus in which she was unable to appear at events she was supposed to appear at and resulted in finger pointing. she streamlined the operation that would be a platform for her should she run for the presidency in 2012. >> my reporting from talking to people around her is that she's not thinking about the presidency but she really did need this infrastructure because with all of the speeches and with television shows and with the fox tv studio and everything tell she's
for a look at what that cash means, politico's ken vogel joins us. it's a fast burn rate. what does it mean about her political future? >> the spending side is what's most interesting here and what i think holds the most clues for her political future. she spent a lot of money on things that are infrastructure that you typically see with a national politician who is perhaps preparing themselves for a run at the presidency in this case. she spent a lot of money on fund-raising. list...
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. >> plus x burn maneuver being performed by commander ken hamm. >> preliminary, 37:30. we'll meet you in the post ohm s1 procedure. welcome back to states for you and your veteran crew. >> they're in orbit as planned. >> ohm s1 is not required. >> jay, any time we experience these launches it never loses any of its excitement. you've covered every launch for the past 30 years. is it special for you? is each one different? >> reporter: well, you're being kind. this is 163 launches in the last 50 years, not 30. but starting on may 5th, 1961, which will be 50 years next may 5th with the launch of alan shepherd and they're all exciting. you never lose that excitement because you're sort of there with them as they go into space and as they ride into orbit you go along if you can. >> what strikes you about this one in your experience? is it a little bitter sweet knowing it's likely the last for the "atlantis" and there are only two more left in the fleet? >> reporter: well, yes, it is, because at my age, i'm 76 years old now, i've been covering them for nbc for 52 years. i re
. >> plus x burn maneuver being performed by commander ken hamm. >> preliminary, 37:30. we'll meet you in the post ohm s1 procedure. welcome back to states for you and your veteran crew. >> they're in orbit as planned. >> ohm s1 is not required. >> jay, any time we experience these launches it never loses any of its excitement. you've covered every launch for the past 30 years. is it special for you? is each one different? >> reporter: well, you're being...
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i spoke to ken burns about this and we had a friendly argument/discussion about this as well. it is the difference between having the government and saying anything you want and we see this every day. pinchot is trying to get through this audacious, and it really is audacious, public lands experiment. you can imagine what would happen if mckinley had not been shot and roosevelt had not and president. we arguably would not have a national forest. we would arguably not have the national parks. we would not have the national monuments, including the grand canyon. it is a story to think how one thing turned other things but pinchot's mentor for the 20 years he was living with the ghosts was no other than john muir. you were understood guilford subroutine. he met him in the outdoors once and he said it is amazing, don't you take anything when you hike? muir said i take a pen, and no book in water and i just for rich. he was also very well-known. you are would come to grandma c. park where pinchot had a family home. for almost 20 years he was his mentor. he talks to him about, sub13
i spoke to ken burns about this and we had a friendly argument/discussion about this as well. it is the difference between having the government and saying anything you want and we see this every day. pinchot is trying to get through this audacious, and it really is audacious, public lands experiment. you can imagine what would happen if mckinley had not been shot and roosevelt had not and president. we arguably would not have a national forest. we would arguably not have the national parks. we...
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. >> and ken rosen burger our producer needs the salt. let them try it just days after confiscating cigarettes authorities burning a large batch of prescription drug. a drug called tram doll. it's part of a clean up campaign. it's part of our top story as we go around the world in 18 seconds. gaza strip, the region's hamas rulers destroying nearly 2 million of the pills in a hospital's insin yart. the hamas health administer says authorities took the drugs from smugglers. many in gaza are addicted to it they are trying to impose strict islamic law in the area. australia, an earthquake hitting the country's gold mining region in the west. the quake damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of mines, schools, and hospitals. police say only two people were hurt. egypt. chanting] >> a group of protesters gathering in front of the parliament building. >> the security ministry warned it may open fire on such protests. opposition groups in egypt are becoming more vocal ahead of the parliamentary election set this fall. a british rower set fo
. >> and ken rosen burger our producer needs the salt. let them try it just days after confiscating cigarettes authorities burning a large batch of prescription drug. a drug called tram doll. it's part of a clean up campaign. it's part of our top story as we go around the world in 18 seconds. gaza strip, the region's hamas rulers destroying nearly 2 million of the pills in a hospital's insin yart. the hamas health administer says authorities took the drugs from smugglers. many in gaza are...
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. >> i tell you who i would like to meet, i was watching ken burns' documentary last night. hank aaron. born in atlanta, followed the braves forever and hank aaron when he was chasing babe ruth, terrible time. i wrote him a note because i used to always write -- you know, little joey, writing notes to baseball players. i was 19. no. i was 7, 8. i wrote him a note while making his chase. in the middle of that chase i get back -- most of the guys would stamp their name. hank aaron, to joey, all the best. >> nice. >> hank aaron. that was in the spring of '74. >> right in the middle of it. >> when he was chasing babe ruth. that guy is all class. >> speaking with all class, here to unveil the new cover of "time" magazine, managing editor richard stengel. and the cover this week is -- >> the cover is a result of a six-month investigation by our pulitzer prize winning correspondent bart gelman of the extreme military armed militia movements growing around the country since the inauguration of president obama. it's a very serious story, a very serious investigation. it's very explos
. >> i tell you who i would like to meet, i was watching ken burns' documentary last night. hank aaron. born in atlanta, followed the braves forever and hank aaron when he was chasing babe ruth, terrible time. i wrote him a note because i used to always write -- you know, little joey, writing notes to baseball players. i was 19. no. i was 7, 8. i wrote him a note while making his chase. in the middle of that chase i get back -- most of the guys would stamp their name. hank aaron, to joey,...
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we have ken burns, the documentary. we'll talk money. >> he has a documentary on baseball called "the 10th inning" great interview. thank you for coming by. >> you look wonderful. >> speaking of documentaries if we wait for superman to save our schools, it will be too late for our kids. the producer of the new documentary "waiting for superman" here next live. to explain. >> then don't say you weren't warned, the health care overhaul that wasn't supposed to cost you more raising out-of-pocket expenses by at least 12%. that's next. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. my car did. thankfully, my mercedes did. [ male announcer ] a world you can't predict... demands a car you can trust. the e-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dea
we have ken burns, the documentary. we'll talk money. >> he has a documentary on baseball called "the 10th inning" great interview. thank you for coming by. >> you look wonderful. >> speaking of documentaries if we wait for superman to save our schools, it will be too late for our kids. the producer of the new documentary "waiting for superman" here next live. to explain. >> then don't say you weren't warned, the health care overhaul that wasn't...
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one thing to watch with senator demint is of course who can handle himself well is instead of ken buck, and christine o'donnell, he has dan costz and roy blunt and some other activity. he's being joined in the conference by people he opposed in the primary. that may cause him some heart burn at some point. >> at the end of the day, it is still very much a very coledge yal body. if you go to work and your colleague is throwing you under the bus, it's hard to get beyond that. maybe it's not obvious, but at the end of the day winning, anybody has to deal with coalition, who is joining you and standing with you on legislation. that makes it tough. >> i want to bring it close with a lightening round. >> i'm not good at that. >> one, i want you to predict whether nancy pelosi stays or goes and two, predict if harry reed fills out his entire six years of his term. carl? >> i'm banned by new new "new york times" policy from making predictions like that. you can say it both ways. either way i have to deal with it, so -- [laughter] i'm not sure about harry reed. i can definitely see him not doin
one thing to watch with senator demint is of course who can handle himself well is instead of ken buck, and christine o'donnell, he has dan costz and roy blunt and some other activity. he's being joined in the conference by people he opposed in the primary. that may cause him some heart burn at some point. >> at the end of the day, it is still very much a very coledge yal body. if you go to work and your colleague is throwing you under the bus, it's hard to get beyond that. maybe it's not...
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i got feinberg early, had him send a letter and gave it to co-burn. >> now this is the art of governing that has been lost in washington, i would say really over the past decade. over the -- even when clinton was there, we were all fighting back and forth too much. but you went straight to coburn. the guy that your base would have loved you to vilify. truth be known, coburn's base would have loved him to vilify you. instead, you guys sat down and talked, and the 9/11 heroes are better for it because of it. >> no question. i've said to my colleagues, coburn's a straight shooter. he certainly sees himself on a mission to shrink the federal government as much as he can and that's not something i can agree with. but you can deal with him. when he gives you his word, it's good. that's what happened yesterday. and he deserves a lot of credit, enzy and my colleague, kirsten, who did a great job. >> can you talk briefly about these heroes and how they are not new york heroes, but how they're american heroes. >> after pearl harbor we didn't ask where people were from. america was attacked. it wa
i got feinberg early, had him send a letter and gave it to co-burn. >> now this is the art of governing that has been lost in washington, i would say really over the past decade. over the -- even when clinton was there, we were all fighting back and forth too much. but you went straight to coburn. the guy that your base would have loved you to vilify. truth be known, coburn's base would have loved him to vilify you. instead, you guys sat down and talked, and the 9/11 heroes are better for...